A 70-year-old Cumberland County doctor is in court on sexual assault charges.

A 70-year-old Cumberland County doctor is in court on sexual assault charges.

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Updated: 1:03 PM EDT Apr 17, 2015

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WEBVTT CONTINUES FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY'S MOST-WATCHED NEWS TEAM. SUSAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M SUSAN SHAPIRO. OUR TOP STORY AT NOON, A CUMBERLAND COUNTY DOCTOR IS ON -- IN COURT TODAY HEARING DIRECTLY FROM FORMER FEMALE PATIENTS WHO'VE ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THEM. NEWS 8 CUMBERLAND COUNTY REPORTER MATT BARCARO IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON TODAY'S PRELIMINARY HEARING. HEARING. POST A POLICE CHARGED HIM IN FEBRUARY. HE LOOKED VERY FRAIL THIS MORNING AND HE SHOWED UP TO COURT AND WOULD NOT COMMENT ON HIS GAZE AS HE MADE HIS WAY INSIDE. SO FAR, THREE WOMEN HAVE TESTIFIED THAT HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM WHILE THEY WERE PATIENTS AT HIS PAIN MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP, WHICH HAS SINCE CLOSED. ONE WOMAN, IN HER 20'S, TESTIFIED HE HAD SEX WITH HER IN THE OFFICE AFTER HOURS AND THEN WOULD WRITE HER PRESCRIPTIONS FOR KANE KILLERS -- PAINKILLERS, HUNDREDS OF PILLS AT A TIME. ANOTHER WOMAN TESTIFIED HE INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED HER IN PLACES WHERE SHE DID NOT COMPLAIN OF PAIN. IN ALL, POLICE HAVE CHARGED HIM IN CONNECTION WITH 12 FEMALE FORMER PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ALLEGED PHYSICAL CONTACT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF ALLEGED OVERPRESCRIBING OF DRUGS. WE SHOULD SEE LATER THIS AFTERNOON IF THE JUDGE DECIDES THIS WILL GO TO A JURY TRIAL.

Doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients in court

A 70-year-old Cumberland County doctor is in court on sexual assault charges.